Role of Maulana Azad in Modernizing Education System in India

Abstract

This paper will critically examine the role of Azad’s contribution towards modernizing the education system in India. This paper would also study how Azad was distinct from other intellectuals to promote the notion of education in India. Azad has a remarkable place in the history of modern India because he challenged the earlier assumptions of political thought of Aligarh school in early twenties. He played a major role in keeping the movement of education alive in the country and insisted the students and all Muslims of India to learn Devangri and Hindi scripts.